The death of the French bike industry
Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
I was going to post before that I'd read that Lucien Juy was either unaware or unconcerned about the effect of Delrin derailleurs on Simplex' reputation- and the people around him were too afraid to tell him.
Here's a link to a post I made in 2014:
Simplex / delrin
Peugeot was behind the whole thing! In 1961 Lucien Juy introduced the Simplex all metal Juy Export 61 rear derailleur which was superior in design to most others on the market for the next 10+ years. It had sprung upper and lower pivots.
Simplex Juy Export 61 derailleur
Shortly afterwards in cooperation with Peugeot, Simplex started making variants of the design using DuPont Delrin plastic parts.
A Centime saved....
Daniel Rebour warned Lucien Juy and the rest of the French bicycle industry that they were forever condemning themselves to the image of producing cheap, fussy products. His warnings fell on deaf ears!
verktyg
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Last edited by verktyg; 11-18-18 at 05:54 PM.